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🏆 Best Indie × Management games

There are 136 games with both "Indie" and "Management" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

  1. 1

    Airport CEO

    · Very Positive 83% · 2017
    SimulationManagementStrategy

    Airport CEO is a tycoon and management game where you take seat as the CEO of your own airport. You …

  2. 2

    Cult of the Lamb

    · Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2022
    RogueliteActionManagement

    Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions t…

  3. 3

    Game Dev Tycoon

    · Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2012
    ManagementSimulation

    A game development tycoon simulation starting from a garage. Players combine themes and genres to de…

  4. 4

    Graveyard Keeper

    · Very Positive 85% · 2018
    ManagementCraftingLife Sim

    Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decision…

  5. 5

    Against the Storm

    · Very Positive 94% · 2023
    City BuilderRogueliteStrategy

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As…

  6. 6

    Stacklands

    · Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2022
    CardBuildingStrategy

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight c…

  7. 7

    Chop Chop Inc.

    · Very Positive 91% · 2026
    SimulationAdventureManagement

    Build your own furniture empire after getting fired from Furnox Corp . Chop down trees, process wood…

  8. 8

    Foundation

    · Very Positive 87% · 2025
    RTSManagementSandbox

    Setting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of …

  9. 9

    OpenTTD

    · Very Positive 95% · 2004
    SimulationManagementSandbox

    OpenTTD is a business simulation game initially developed by Ludvig Strigeus in which players earn m…

  10. 10

    911 Operator

    · Very Positive 88% · 2017
    SimulationManagementStrategy

    911 Operator is a game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. …

  11. 11

    Moonlighter

    · Very Positive 81% · 2018
    ARPGManagementRoguelite

    Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – reve…

  12. 12

    Travellers Rest

    · Very Positive 88% · 2020
    RPGAdventureManagement

    You are an innkeeper, on a journey to transform a run-down inn into a bustling social space. Brew yo…

  13. 13

    Retro Rewind: Video Store Simulator

    · Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2026
    SimulationManagement

    Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business fro…

  14. 14

    Ravenous Devils

    · Very Positive 93% · 2022
    SimulationHorrorManagement

    An horror cooking simulator where you manage an evil family business. Improve your shops buying new …

  15. 15

    Lost But Found

    · Mostly Positive 72% · 2024
    PuzzleManagementStrategy

    A combination of a job simulator & hidden object game. In a top-down table, you are an officer who o…

  16. 16

    Parkitect

    · Very Positive 94% · 2018
    SimulationManagementSandbox

    Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of the…

  17. 17

    Software Inc.

    · Very Positive 94% · 2015
    SimulationManagementCo-op

    Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release sof…

  18. 18

    Sticky Business

    · Very Positive 94% · 2023
    Point & ClickPuzzleManagement

    Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear yo…

  19. 19

    Internet Cafe Simulator 2

    · Mostly Positive 73% · 2022
    SimulationAdventureAction

    Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulati…

  20. 20

    Potionomics

    · Very Positive 90% · 2022
    RPGManagementStrategy

    Potionomics is a game about the business of brewing and selling magical potions. Sylvia, a penniless…

  21. 21

    Good Pizza, Great Pizza

    · Very Positive 88% · 2014
    SimulationManagement

    Ever wanted to know what it feels like to run your own Pizza shop? Now you can with TapBlaze’s newes…

  22. 22

    Cook, Serve, Delicious!

    · Very Positive 94% · 2012
    PuzzleActionManagement

    Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the play…

  23. 23

    Internet Cafe Simulator

    · Mostly Positive 73% · 2019
    SimulationAdventureSandbox

    Internet Cafe Simulator is an internet cafe business simulation game. Build the best internet café i…

  24. 24

    Plantera

    · Very Positive 89% · 2016
    SimulationManagementStrategy

    In the world of Plantera you grow your own garden and breed plants and animals to earn coins with th…

  25. 25

    Domina

    · Mixed 66% · 2017
    SimulationActionManagement

    Domina is a Gladiator management game. The graphics are definitely stylish (a type of pixel art very…

  26. 26

    Tavern Keeper

    · Very Positive 94% · 2025
    SimulationSandboxManagement

    In Tavern Keeper you manage a tavern, building, bartering, cooking and cleaning your way to success …

  27. 27

    Streamer Life Simulator

    · Mostly Positive 76% · 2020
    SimulationAdventureAction

    Streamer Life Simulator is a very comprehensive streamer life simulation game. Be the most popular s…

  28. 28

    Democracy 4

    · Very Positive 82% · 2020
    SimulationManagementStrategy

    Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its p…

  29. 29

    Startup Company

    · Very Positive 81% · 2020
    SimulationManagementStrategy

    Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your jo…

  30. 30

    Tavern Manager Simulator

    · Very Positive 92% · 2024
    SimulationManagementSandbox

    Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook de…